Anyone have experience coming off of 12.5 mg of metropol?

@rusjr I think that's the normal response to stopping the metoprolol. The same thing happened with my husband when his dosage of metoprolol was decreased. When my metoprolol dose was decreased, then stopped, it had no effect whatever on my bradycardia.

Hello again...Sounds like you have had quite an adventure with your heart! I am just two years into beginning my adventure. You have been proactive and have educated yourself. Your doctors have listened to how your heart is working and they have prescribed medication appropriately. Looks like you are doing everything right. May your heart behave itself now for many. many, more years, yes!

@gloaming which has least side effects

@camy33x Excellent question, but unfortunately you, and only you, have to put your hand inside the mysterious box....and learn for yourself. Amiodarone is the drug of last resort because it is potentially quite toxic. It can lead to damaged kidneys, lungs, and eyes. It's safe for most patients, at least for a few weeks, which is how long I was on it. It works. It works well in most cases, but you should hope, and expect, to be off it after more than maybe a couple/three years ideally. My internist told me that it becomes a problem for most patients around the 7 year mark.

I mentioned several other drugs. Honestly, it's by trial 'n error. Every patient must trial one, sometimes three drugs before they find one they can tolerate. There is currently little predictive assessment methods to predict which patient can or cannot abide flecainide, as an example, but people here report both success and intolerable side-effects. Depends on the body being drugged and his/her genetics.

@gloaming ugh everything seems awful 😖 im so sad

@camy33x I'm sorry this affects you thusly. The bottom lines for heart arrhythmias that are NOT immediately life-threatening: if they don't bother you much, if their treatment or management isn't urgent, then you really need to do pretty much nothing. In the case of AF, stroke is the great immediate risk, and a competent authority will urge you (strongly) to take a direct-acting oral anti-coagulant like Eliquis (apixaban) or Xarelto (rivaroxaban). But, if you are asymptomatic, and still in the early stage (paroxysmal), and you feel well, many people live that way for years happily. They may take two or three metoprolol tablets when their heart goes into AF and the rate is fairly high, say 120 or higher. That's to keep the heart from fatiguing at the typical AF rate with 'rapid ventricular response', usually 120 and up.

So, there is no cure for AF. You can treat it, but once it's diagnosed it's a permanent disorder. We treat it in a palliative way, meaning we try to keep it from 'spreading' and from getting worse, and we try to suppress the nastiest symptoms. Again, millions get used to it, or they get in line for an ablation, or they suppress it with drugs. There's no one-size-fits-all about AF.

@gloaming sheesh so sad God help us all 🙏🏻 I am improving much better since my thyroid is balanced I am still currently on metoprolol 12.5 mg I have an upcoming g cardiologist appointment and im hoping for some answers. How are you doing now?